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Fall into New England Photo Trip

Fall Into New England – A Photographers Outing
Wed. Oct 6- Sunday Oct 10 Vermont/New Hampshire
Tues Oct 12-Saturday Oct. 16 Maine
Guide: April Bielefeldt
http://www.yourphototravelguide.com/
April Bielefeldt is a nationally-recognized, award winning photographer and current President of Santa Clarita Valley Photographers Association. She has lived in several areas of the country, but New England continues to be her favorite [...]

Studio Rentals

Just a reminder that the SCV Center for Photography rents our studio space for your studio projects.  We rent in 2 hour blocks.  Our rates start at $120 for the first 2 hours and the per hour rate drops as you add additional hours. This rate also includes 1 of our backgrounds.  If you don’t [...]

Mamiya Review coming soon…..

Last week we had the Mamiya DM 56 digital back in the studio for demo.  Below is a initial post from instructor and photographer David Saffir from that demo.  Within the next week or so, David will post a full on review of the Mamiya package.  For additional information on David Saffir, please head to [...]

Studio Office available for Rent

We currently have 1 of our studio offices available for rent.  If interested, please call Mel here at the studio for additional details…… (661) 904-2092
Includes:  Private Office, internet access, tons of parking, utilities, and photo studio access time included.

Mamiya Demo Day – May 12th

Come experience the Mamiya DM56 Digital Back (56 megapixel), including a Live Demo and Hands-On Photo Shoot with SCV Center for Photography Instructor David Saffir and Dan Cuny of Mamiya, in the studio at SCV Center for Photography on Wednesday,  MAY 12, 2010 starting at 10am.  For additional information, please call Mel at [...]

Pinned-Up Workshop coming in June 2010

The SCV Center for Photography is pleased to host the famous Portland Pin-up Photographer  Mike Long for a special 2 day workshop on  June 13th and 14th 2010.  The early-bird cost will be $299 per person until 5/15/10 and then $325 starting on 5/16/10.
For additional details, photos and registration information, go to:   

http://portlandpinups.com/LosAnglesPinUpWorkshop.html
Pinned-Up:
Pin-up [...]

Tip of the Week: Networking

As photographers, we focus on the photography side, but sometimes forget the other side of developing new relationships.  Here are a few ideas:

Develope your own Network such as Twitter or Facebook.
Be active in whatever networks you are involved in.
Get a mentor, as you will learn from their experience.
Follow up with the people you meet.

These are [...]

New Workshop Series added “Child Photography Master Class”

Join well-known child photographer Autumn Hull as we present the Child Photography Master Class.  This is a five-day workshop covering absolutely everything you need to know about the business of child photography, including the business plan, marketing, branding, studio lighting, practice sessions, digital workflow, basic and advanced retouching and designing with Photoshop.
The best part is [...]

New workshop Series “The Shoot” just added…

Join local Southern California photographers Joey Carman and William Innes from the WIJC-Series workshop series as they explore everything about “The Shoot”.  This mini-series will be held at the SCV Center for Photography in Santa Clarita.
The four evening series will cover everything William and Joey do to prepare, shoot and produce their images. Each three [...]

Tip of the Week:Did you know…..

You hear a lot about the power of Adobe Camera RAW (ACR), but did you know you don’t have to shoot RAW to you use it? You can also open JPEG and TIFF files. Simply open Adobe Bridge, select the image you want to open in Adobe Camera RAW, then select “Open in Camera RAW…” [...]